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THE BRUNSWICK TIMES. VOLUME 8, NO. 72. TALBERT TALKS TARIFF. Democratic Members Are Still Kicking Against the Inevitable. REPUBLICAN RULES ARE RIGID. No Extension of the Debate to Be Allowed The Florida Senator’s Credentials Again Presented- Washington, March 25. —The fourth and last (lay of general debate on the tariff bill brought forth a request at the opening of the session by Mr. Bai ley for an extension of two hours of the debate. Mr. Payne -. said that the feeling of the repub lican side had been that it would be better to devote more time to the live minutes debate and less to the general discussion. At least, until Chairman Dmgley arrived, he must object to the request. Mr. Talbert opened the discussion in a live-minute speech against the bill. He said this tiresome debate re minded him of a preacher of whom he once read, who discoursed to the peo ple on the major and minor prophets, lie dwelt so long on the first list that when he came to speak of the minor prophets and asked: “Now, there is Hosea; where sbaii we put him?" A good old deaoon replied: “Well, you oan put him in my seat. I’m going home.” (Laughter.) IN THE SENATE. Senator Pasco presented, in an amended form, the credentials of John A, Henderson as senator from the state of Florida,under appointment by the governor,until the next meeting of the state legislature. Senator Hoar stated why no action had been taken by the committee on privileges and elections in the matter of admission of senators under appointment of gov ernors. Senator Pasco disclaimed any idea of wishing to find fault with the cotn rnitiee on privileges and elections, and on his motion Mr. Henderson’s credentials were referred to it. At 12:50 o’clock, on motion of Sena tor Davis, the senate proceeded to the consideration (with closed doors) of the arbitration treaty. MORRISON ON TRUSTS. W. R. Morrison, thechairmrn of the interstate commerce commission, says that the supreme court decision in the Trans-Missouri case applies as well to joint traffic and southern railway and steamship associations. If common carriers may combine and keep up rates on prices of transportation, which make part of the price and cost of goods, why enact an anti-trust law to prevent combinations and agree ments to control production and keep up prices? Don’t Think It Likely. Savannah, March 25.—C01. J. H. De veaux has returned from Washington, where he has beun since the inaugura tion. He did not bring his appoint ment as collector of the port back with him. While it is thought he will be placed somewhere by the McKinley administration it is not believed that he will get the portfolio be so greatly desires. Three Friends Seized. Jacksonville,March 25.—The steamer Three Friends was formally taken in custody this morning’ by the United States marshal upon order of Judge Locke, of the United States court, and will remain in custody pending the final hearing of the case. Grand Opening O. spring millinery and pattern hats selected by the best artists of New York. For beauty and cheapness they cannot be excelled; will be found at M rs. Earle’s. Ladies are respectfully invited to see for themselves. All shoes, all toes, all prices in men’s fine shoes at Palmer’s. THE ANTI-TRUST DECISION. Two More Roads Withdraw From the Western Freight Association. Chicago, 111., March 25. —Two roads followed the example of the Santa Fe in withdrawing from the Western Freight association today. These were the Burlington and the Minne apolis and St. Louis. I'hey both weut a step further than the Santa Fe in that they withdrew from all organiza tions in which they were members, passenger as well as freight. It was expected that the Rock Isl and and the Milwaukee & St. Paul would also withdraw today, but after mature deliberation these roads de cided to abstain from any further ac tion. The Chicago & Northwestern occupies a similar position. It is confidently believed that some way will be found of reorganizing the associations in sued a way as to pre vent any conflict with the law. BRIBERS, BEWARE! Detectives Are Watching the Ken tucky Solons. Frankfort, Ky., March 25.—The sec ond joint ballot for United States sen ator was taken at noon without result. There was no chauge from yesterday’s vote except a closing up to Davie of the sound money democrats. Repre sentative Nance, an anti-Hunter re publican, made a speech declaring that St. John Doyle wan the real nom inee. The vote was : Hunter 67, Black burn 49, Boyle C, Davie 13, Stone 1. The republican state central commit tee did not attempt to do anything more with Governor Bradley this morning. The fight has now reached such an acute state that detectives are watch ing the members of the legislature in order to frustrate any attempt at bribery. A DEVOTED WIFE. Mrs. E. W. Agnew Is Fleading for Her Convicted Husband. Jacksonville, Fla., March 25—Mrs. E. W. Agnew has for several days been here working in the interest of the proposed pardon for her husband, the Ocala banker, who was recently sen tenced to five years tu the Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary. The' pardon was presented to Mr. Cleveland on the eve of his departure from the white house, aud it is expected that President Me Kinley wiil soon take it up. It is not, however, believed that the application for executive clemency will be granted. FILIBUSTERING FIASCO. The Bermuda Said to Be Hunting the Laurada. Philadelphia, March 25.--The Rec ord says that, by an order of the Cu ban Junta, the Bermuda sailed from Fernandina in search of the Laurada, known to have on board an important expedition of the insurgents. It is believed that the Laurada is broken down and those on board are in need of assistance. The tug Monarch has been started from Pensacola on the same errand. Against the Board. Chicago, Ills., March 25. —In the in junction suit,instigated by the Board of Trade, to restrain the telegrapb com panies from furnishing outsiders and especially bucket-shops with market quotations, Judge Horton decided against the Board of Trade this morn ing. He declares that the quotations are public property and canuot be withheld by the board. Af er an Oil Mill. Way nesboro, Ga,, March 25. —H. M. Stanley, inspector of fertilizers at Sa vannah, is in Waynesboro today for the purpose of taking action against the Waynesboro oil mill for selling cotton seed meal in a manner contrary to law. Warrants were sworn out for the arrest of the proprietor of the oil mill. The cause is a misdemeanor. The Weather. Atlanta, March 25.—Fair Friday, warmer. Coal Oil Johnnie Soap at the Down ing Company. BRUNSWICK, GA.. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 26 1897. ALABAMA ALARMED And With Good Reason, at the Prospect of a Flood. RIVERS ARE RAPIDLY RISING. Towns Totally Submerged by the Advanc ing Waters—The Mississippi Station ery-Leaky Levees- Memphis, Tenn., March 25.—Since 8 o’clock this morning, when the gauge registered 36.8 feet, the river has re mained stationary. The weather bur eau announces it will probably so re main for twenty-four hours, but there is every reason to expect a further rise within a short time, as the water coming down is sufficient for that purpose. ALABAMA ALARMED. Montgomery, Ala., March 25—Spe cials to the Advertiser say that the town of Elba, on the Pea river, is com pletely covered with water. Early this morning water was six feet deep on the public square and flowing through every business house and res idence in the town. Geneva, at the junction of the Pea and Cboctawachie rivers, Is almost in tbe same condition, but no reliable In formation as to the exact condition can be had. Every bridge in Coffee county has been swept away. LEAKY LEVEES. Jackson, Miss., March 25. —Governor McLaurin left this evening for Green ville to personally inspect the levee system and to see if there is anything further he can do to allay the fears of an overflow. He has already sent 75 state convicts to assist in the work of strengthening the levees, and will send others if necessary. ALBANY ISOLATED. The Town Inundated—Thousands of Acres Submerged. Albany, Ga., March 25.—The water is rising rapidly here and trains find it impossible to enter the city. The bridge over Muckalee creek was destroyed last night, and the new iron bridge over the Kincbetone river was washed away this morning. The bridge over Flint river is expected to be swept away any hour. Thousands of acres of land are submerged on the line of the river front. Com merce, State and Planter streets are all partly submerged, and 40 houses are under water up to the flooring. Hundreds of families are hurriedly moving their furniture to other houses. The freshet is greater by far than the flood of 1848. PAULINE’S PURSE. An Actress Gets Big Damages For a Mishspen Leg Louisville, Ky., March 25.—Pauline Markham, the actress, who fell in a sewer in this city some time ago, recovered a verdict of $6,000 damages against the city today. The accident crooked her leg so that she could not appear in tights, thus ruining her business prospects. Struck With a Scantling. Savannah, March 25.—This after noon E. E. Cheatham, while passing along Whitaker street near State, re ceived a blow from a piece of scant ling thrt almost fractured bis skull. A negro who was removing debris from the secoDd-story of Haslem, Harney & Co’s tailoring establishment, was re sponsible for the accident, having thrown the scantling to the ground just as Mr. Cheatham was passing the building. For a Dusky Maid. Abbeville, Ga., March 25. —In a dis pute over a woman last night, Bob Evans stabbed Will Hight. Both are colored. The wounds are serious. THE TURKS TURN TAIL. The Insurgents’ Batteries Prove Too Much for Them. MANY MOSLEMS LEAVE MALAXO They Go in a Hurry and the Insurgents Follow Hot on Their Trail. Warships Engaged- Cauea, March 25.—The artillery of the insurgents surrounding the town of Malaxa, having rendered that place untenable to the Turkish troops com prising the Malaxa garrison, the lat ter began a retreat to Suda bay last evening. They were pursued by the insurgents, who kept up a heavy fire upon the Turks, inflicting heavy loss upon them in killed and wounded, un til the Turkish warships opened fire upon the insurgents, causing them to retire to the interior. But for the timely assistance of the warships the Turks would have been welinigh anni hilated. The attempt to revictual the garri son at Malaxa, which was made last night, was as disastrous to the Turks as was the effort they made yesterday. A detachment of troi'ps carrying a supply of provisions was met by a strong force of insurgents and com pelled to retreat wiih considerable loss. FURTHER FIGHTING. Canea, March 25.—Desperate fight ing fcontinuee between the Turks and Christians this afternoon in a village not far from Suda, to which the in surgents succeeded to pushing forward to this morning while in pursuit of the retreating garrison of Malaxa The insurgents burned several more houses at Tsikalaria, whereupon the warships of the foreign powers, at 3 :15 p. m., began firing on the Chris tians. The bombardment only lasted ten minutes. ENGLISH STAND ALOOF. Constantinople. March 25 It is stated here that in tbe event of a blockade of tbe Greek ports by war ships of the powers, the admiral com manding the British squadron is un der instructions to acquiesce therein, but tbe British fleet will take no part in the actual blockade. Burnrd to Death. Waynesboro, Ga., March 25.—The little son of W. C. Sanderford, was burned to death today. The child’s clothes caught while he was playing in a room with other children. Mrs. Sanderford was sick in bed, and could not render assistance. THE GREAT TRILBY. It Will Be Presented Here Monday- Night by a Competent Company. A. M. Palmer’s company, under the management of William A. Brady* will present Trilby at the Reserves’ armory on Monday night. This is the same company which has won such enthusiastic plaudits in Aus tralia. The story of the play is well known to every well informed person, and loses nothing pf its charm in the play which Paul M. Potter has created from it. Seats are now on sale at Dunn’s. The Depot Bog. The muddy bog on Bay street, near the depot, has been protested against any number of times; but it is still there. The remedy would, it appears, be easy of accomplishment. If the city authorities would order the rail road to correct the evil, the nuisance would be speedily abated. As it is now, walking to the depot on Bay street is an impossibility. Our new springstock was selected in person and you will be pleased when you see them and hear the price. Palmer, THE LISTENER. Some of the Things That Are Over heard in a Brunswick Day. According to one of the tourists who recently disembarked here from tbe big liner Ohio, the gentle art of beer-drinking has in some of the queer countries to the south of us been carried to an extent not dreamed of in the sedate and solemn north. *** tk<; % “It was,” said this sun burned young wanderer, “while we were lying at Vera Cruz that I suddenly discovered that it was unsafe to monkey too freely with Adam’s ale—otherwise water; and thereafter I devoted myself en tirely to Bass ale and lager. I found myself in good company. I saw in the streets of Vera Cruz what I had never seen before. One may often in New York see women of a certain type drinking beer with the abandon of hardened sinners. But if you want to see ladies of the highest type out raging Neal Dow, you must go to Vera Cruz, where on any fine day you may see tbe comely senoras and senoritas sitting at little tables, drawn up un der the awnings in front of the swell cafes, absorbing bottled beer that first foamed in these United States.” The Riflemen are full of good stories of their Albany trip, one of the best of which is the description of the frantic efforts made by Captain Dart to re cover his sword, when it tell from his grasp and sank out of eight into the slimy ooze of Piney woods creek. *** Will Bankston and Bob Williams bear the only scars of the campaign. The boys say they were the result of learning to swim. *** The Albany Guards bad provisions provided for 1,000 men. The military day was somewhat of a losing specu lation for the Albany boys, as over 300 of the expected visitors got no nearer their destination than Ameri cus. * * * The great question when the river was reached was “What will we do with Fred?” Fred is the little son of Dr. Joerger, and his size precluded the possibility of wading. The prob lem was solved by one of the most muscular of the Riflemen, who picked up the little fellow and threw him across the stream. It was the only way, but rather rough on the boy. • *** “We have,” said a Rifleman yester day, “the absolute promise of the three companies we met at Albany— the Albany Guards, Dawson Guards and Valdosta Videtles—to join in the encampment at St. Simon this sum mer. There will be little difficulty in persuading the other companies of the second and Fourth regiments.” .** Lieut. Frank Duun, of the Riflemen, was in command ot the Valdosta Vi dettes during a portion of the day, the captain being indisposed. **. Dr. G. W. Blanton, surgeon of the Fourth regiment, accompanied the Riflemen on their trip, and prescribed frequently for that damp feeling. *** One of the announcements made in advertising (he hypnotist was that his power could make a man forget his wife. Strange to say, there wasn’t an overwhelming rush for the stage at his performance. All are invited to take a look at our window. Nothing but colored shoes in it. Palmer’s. Messenger Boys in Uniform. The Western Union messenger boys appeared for the first time yesterday in the regular uniforms of the service. The dress is the usual blue coat, trimmed with white, instead of red braid; and the neat cap that completes the uniform is similar to that worn by the Riflemen. When the new uni forms were received yesterday morn ing the boys insisted on striking work until they could button on the regi mentals in which they make so neat an appearance. Men’s new style, tan, oxblood and chocolate shoes are in and can be seen at Falmer’s. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. FLY WHEEL IN FRAGMENTS, An Enormous Piece of Ma chinery Bursts With Fatal Effect. A DESTRUCTIVE DISASTER. The Edgar Thomson Steel Works the Scene of the . ~u Man Killed - Pittsburg, March 25. —The engine in mill No. 2, of the Edgar Thomson Steel works, ran away about midnight, resulting in tbe bursting of an im mense fly wheel. David Hugo, the engineer, had both legs crushed, and died this morning. George B. McClellan Snyder was fatally injured. The fly wheel was twenty-four feet in diameter, and the force of the ex plosion badly wrecked the mill and caused a thousand dollars’ worth of damage, Portions of the wheel were thrown an almost incredible distanoe. THE SLEEPING YOUTH He Was the Leading Topic of Dis cussion in the City Yesterday. There wa9 a curious crowd in front of the Adams Drug Co’s store all day yesterday, watching young Ferguson, the hypnotic subject, who was lying on a couch in the window, to all ap pearances asleep. Ferguson lies in the natural attitude of a sleeper, turning occasionally on his bed, throwing his arm behind his head, etc. He has taken no refresh ments of any kind and has not risen from his couch since 10:30 Wednesday night. If he has opened his eyes , i has not been perceived. He is sched uled to remain in the present condi tion until tonight at 10:30, completing the 48-hour period. Nearly all the physicians in the city, naturally interested in the case, examined the sleeper closely yester day. ||Dr. R. E. L. Burford made a partic ularly searching examination. He felt Ferguson’s pulse, pulled back his eyelids, watched the pupils of bis eyes, noted bis respiration, and his general appearance. Dr. Burford an nounced, after the examination, that he was satisfied the man was sham ming. “I judged so principally from the action of his eyes. He plainly re sisted my pulling back of the lids. I al - so noticed that when two flies lit on his cheek, he shook his head to scare them away. It seems to me that a man who can stand the insertion of needles into bis flesh without a tremor wouldn’t be so susceptible to the tickling of flies. Besides, a man supposed to be under the influence of hypnotism is in a rigid state, insensible to any sensa tion. Of course, this is only my opin ion, after a thcicugh examination.” Others, hov. • 'as view of the case, anu nay i*. ,ng man could not possibly feign sleep for such a length of time. At any rate, the test is the talk of the town, and interest in the outcome of the sleep is at a high pitch. Carraway will give another exhibi tion tonight, at which time he will awaken the sleeper. All the latest ties in Oxford ties and strap slippers can be found at Valin er’s. The Minstrels. McCabe A Young’s “Black Trilby* company gave a very laughable per formance at the, Reserves’ armory last night. One of the mate voices was very good, the athlete did good work and the negro dances were uproarious ly received. The company will reload in the city and give another perform ance on Saturday night. It is com posed entirely of colored performers. Insist on your grocer furnishing you with Ferguson’s breakfast bacou and hams.